Games
- Most games: Gordie Howe, 1,767
- Most games, including playoffs: Mark Messier, 1,992
- Most playoff games: Chris Chelios 266
- Most games played in a single NHL season, not including playoffs: Jimmy Carson (1992–93) and Bob Kudelski (1993–94), 86
- Most consecutive games: Doug Jarvis, 964 (October 8, 1975 — October 10, 1987)
- Most consecutive games by a defenseman: Jay Bouwmeester, 588 (streak active, as end of 2011–12 season)
- Oldest player to play a game: Gordie Howe, 52 years, 11 days
Read more about this topic: List Of NHL Records (individual)
Famous quotes containing the word games:
“In 1600 the specialization of games and pastimes did not extend beyond infancy; after the age of three or four it decreased and disappeared. From then on the child played the same games as the adult, either with other children or with adults. . . . Conversely, adults used to play games which today only children play.”
—Philippe Ariés (20th century)
“Intelligence and war are games, perhaps the only meaningful games left. If any player becomes too proficient, the game is threatened with termination.”
—William Burroughs (b. 1914)
“At the age of twelve I was finding the world too small: it appeared to me like a dull, trim back garden, in which only trivial games could be played.”
—Elizabeth Bowen (1899–1973)